US national team manager Jurgen Klinsmann has griped that the MLS season is too short, hampering the development of domestic players and allowing potential national team candidates to fall out of form and fitness over the off-season.

The youth of the United States national team shined on Wednesday night as Mikkel Diskerud and Juan Agudelo combined for the game winning goal in the 85th minute to give the US a victory over South Africa in Cape Town.

Once thought impossible, the reality of Charlie Davies making Bob Bradley's 23 man roster for this summer's World Cup appears to be coming to fruition thanks to the American striker's remarkable recovery.